Lisa Ann Walter Gets Gasps From ‘Jeopardy!’ Crowd After Cursing On Air

Lisa Ann Walter had some Jeopardy! fans clutching their pearls when she let a light curse word slip during her appearance on the Monday, January 26 episode of the game show.

The Abbott Elementary star, 62, was competing against marketing specialist TJ Fisher and technology manager Mike Dawson in the Tournament of Champions, and despite being the 2024 Celebrity Jeopardy! Champion, this wasn’t her best performance.

According to E! News, she was down -$200 (after missing a question in which Philadelphia, her character’s beloved hometown, was the correct answer) when host Ken Jennings read the 21st clue. Sadly, she got that wrong too and, almost instinctively, exclaimed “What the hell?”

While that may sound pretty tame for those who know her for her no-nonsense teacher character, Melissa Schemmenti, it wasn’t the kind of language that Jeopardy! viewers are used to.

The moment elicited some giggles and even gasps from the live crowd, according to the outlet. It was all downhill for Walter from there. She ended the show at -$2,600. The winner, Fisher, took home $15,199 and will advance to the semifinals on Tuesday, January 27.

Walter considers her season 2 Celebrity Jeopardy! victory in 2024 to be one of her proudest achievements.

“I’m going to be buried in [my Jeopardy! trophy], it’s my urn,” she told Jennings in the interview segment of Monday’s episode, per Entertainment Weekly. “I fought for it, I won it and it’s going to go to good use. And I’m not kidding, it is now in my will.”